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Binding: Audio CD Brand: BEACH BOYS EAN: 0724358271027 Label: Capitol Manufacturer: Capitol Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Capitol Release Date: June 10, 2003 Sales Rank: 652 Studio: Capitol
Amazon.com: The cynic may question just how many Beach Boys greatest hits albums are enough. Everyone else, however, will appreciate what makes Sounds of Summer unique. This is the first single-disc collection to feature such a large cross section of hits from the group's entire career, spanning 1962's "Surfin' Safari" through 1988's "Kokomo." All 30 tracks, spanning several label changes, were Billboard Top 40 hits and are probably now as identifiable as the national anthem to anyone with radio or TV access. The fact that the tracks aren't in chronological order helps make for a fresh listening experience, as does the crisp digital sound. And yet these songs--even those that are more than four decades old--always sound strangely fresh and will likely remain so as long as there are beaches, young people, and that symbolic season of freedom and dreams. Which is to say that the title here passes the "truth in advertising" test. Perfect for those casual fans not yet ready to spring for the individual albums, Sounds of Summer is in many ways a better representation of this legendary band's art than Elvis' 30 No. 1 Hits and The Beatles 1 were of the King and the Fab Four. --Bill Holdship
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Rating: - My surfer girl loves this
My 7 mo old can't help herself. She just has to dance when she hears the beachboys.
Rating: - The Beach Boys Sounds Of Summer
All the best oldies!! Brings back some really good memories. Sounds great! I LOVE IT!!
Rating: - Beach Boys best
This CD opens with the classic Beach Boys song, "California Girls". It is the song that the group usually opens their live concerts with. Very cool. All their good songs are in this CD. Highly recommended.
Rating: - Taking You Back In Time When The Beach Boys Were "Surfin' USA" and Having "Fun, Fun, Fun"
"The thirty splendid tracks on 'Sounds of Summer - The Very Best of the Beach Boys' vividly dramatize that legendary band's ability to evoke a vision of California as shimmering, rich and all-encompassing as the state itself...The Beach Boys had not simply defined their own sound, but they themselves had become one of the most significant musical forces on the scene." ~ Anthony DeCurtis ~
How could this collection be the very best of the Beach Boys without my all-time favorite "The Warmth of the Sun?" I was going to give it a four-star-rating due to the exclusion of that beautiful ... Read More
Rating: - Sing Along Time
Cool music of the days gone bye...great music for sing along while doing the boring exercise just pass'in the treadmill time away. Yes, singing on the treadmill in one's mind's eye...
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